25. Wedding Proposal

RAAHI

FLASHBACK

I gulped as I saw him. No, this can't be true. Arhaan can't be here at any cost. No.

This felt like a nightmare. The guy I wanted to run away from was here with me as my prospective groom and I didn't want any of that. I started sweating, shaking in fear but I couldn't find the courage to speak a word.

"Raahi," my mother's words hit my ears.

And that's when, my entire college life flashed in my mind, and at that time, all I knew was I couldn't let my parents know about it. I gulped, swallowed all the pain that I felt at that moment and threw a fake smile at everyone.

I then walked towards my mother and sat beside her, pretending to be interested in the conversation when I wasn't. I kept on smiling while my parents talked with Arhaan and his father.

ARHAAN

Finally, the day arrived when I was at Raahi's house, asking for her hand in marriage from her father. I waited for this moment ever since I saw her for the first time. I knew her parents hated the concept of love m